I was just wondering if anyone out there knows of masters swimmers who don’t compete and that have achieved Top Ten Times, American Records, World Records, etc. in practice. I know that stories have circulated around about swimmers like Mark Spitz who have done this (although I think he did compete :)). I was just wondering if there are similar stories in the masters ranks. It seems to me that it would be highly probable in masters swimming because so many of its members do not actually swim at meets. Therefore, I would think there are people out there who achieve these (unofficial) times during a practice session and are relatively unknown. If you’ve got a story to share, please do.
Not so true here. Look at the timeline for our championship meet in December. I know the Saturday session started late for some reason, so it ran even later than this:
www.greatbaymasters.org/07BUsession.htm
Using that meet (or any NE championship meet) as a standard is not realistic. Turnout for those meets is EXTREMELY high. Much higher than the 'average' for similar meets and congrats for that :cheerleader:. I swim quite a few local meets in the Wash DC area and most take about 3-4 hours to complete the events.
But yes, that time can be spent doing other things. For me, I love to complete and I also love to watch others swim. Plus I get to socialize with others and meet new folks. But then again, it's too cold to golf so who knows what I'll do when the weather starts getting warmer.
Paul
Not so true here. Look at the timeline for our championship meet in December. I know the Saturday session started late for some reason, so it ran even later than this:
www.greatbaymasters.org/07BUsession.htm
Using that meet (or any NE championship meet) as a standard is not realistic. Turnout for those meets is EXTREMELY high. Much higher than the 'average' for similar meets and congrats for that :cheerleader:. I swim quite a few local meets in the Wash DC area and most take about 3-4 hours to complete the events.
But yes, that time can be spent doing other things. For me, I love to complete and I also love to watch others swim. Plus I get to socialize with others and meet new folks. But then again, it's too cold to golf so who knows what I'll do when the weather starts getting warmer.
Paul
